Letter to EACH Senator. The outside of the envelope says I HAVE asked Schumer to confirm Estrada

[syriacus]

I am tired of hearing Schumer lie, when he says none of his constituents care about the estrada nomination.

I am writing a letter to EACH senator and enclosing a copy of my letter to Schumer.

I am writing a message on the front of the envelope that says "I HAVE told Senator Schumer that I support Miguel Estrada."

On the back of the envelope I have written "Vote YES on Miguel Estrada"

Even if the little elves that work for the Senators throw out the letters, there will have been visible, tangible, undeniable evidence that people DO want Estrada confirmed.

[ChadGore]

Activist bump.

Freepers rock !

[syriacus]

I have mailed 6 letters and have written 7 more.

36 more to go.

[syriacus]

I have been going down the list of senatorial addresses, (alphabetically---I have just written to Campbell).

Going out now to mail 10 letters. That will make 16 mailed so far.

I have to write 32 more letters to Senators. (I have already written to Hillary and Chuck, of course).

[syriacus]

I would send postcards instead...but I want the Senators to receive a copy of the letter I have sent to Schumer (and cc'd to Hillary).

In it I explain that the liberals' mistreatment of Clarence Thomas is what converted someone, who comes from generations of Democrats, into an independent.

Putting comments about Estrada on the outside of the envelope means some people along the way will read them, even if the Senators don't read them.

[syriacus]

Even if the letters do not get to the Senators in time to influence them...

At least a few Mail Carriers will learn that Democratic Senators like Schumer are in denial (or are liars) when they say their constituents don't care about Estrada

[syriacus]

I have written to these Senators so far

Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI)
141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Allard, Wayne - (R - CO)
525 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Allen, George - (R - VA)
204 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Baucus, Max - (D - MT)
511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Bayh, Evan - (D - IN)
463 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Bennett, Robert - (R - UT)
431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Biden, Joseph - (D - DE)
221 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM)
703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Bond, Christopher - (R - MO)
274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA)
112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Breaux, John - (D - LA)
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Brownback, Sam - (R - KS)
303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Bunning, Jim - (R - KY)
316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Burns, Conrad - (R - MT)
187 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Byrd, Robert - (D - WV)
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Campbell, Ben - (R - CO)
380 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA)
717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Carper, Thomas - (D - DE)
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Chafee, Lincoln - (R - RI)
141A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Chambliss, Saxby - (R - GA)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Clinton, Hillary - (D - NY)
476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Cochran, Thad - (R - MS)
326 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Coleman, Norm - (R - MN)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Collins, Susan - (R - ME)
172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Conrad, Kent - (D - ND)
530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Cornyn, John - (R - TX)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Corzine, Jon - (D - NJ)
502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Craig, Larry - (R - ID)
520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Crapo, Michael - (R - ID)
111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

[votelife]

I wrote Graham and Bill Nelson and wrote Estrada stuff all over the back of my envelope. Good idea!

Check out this Pro-Estrada editorial in the Miami Herald (Graham's hometown!)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/5301721.htm

Bob Graham, ESTRADA deserves a VOTE!!!

Email Senator Bob Graham -- http://www.senate.gov/~graham/email.html

Write Bob Graham 524 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510

Call Bob Graham Phone (202) 224-3041 --

Fax Bob Graham Fax (202) 224-2237

Just do it now!

[CholeraJoe]

You're wasting your time with Max Baucus. If a letter comes in without a Montana postmark, it is discarded unless it contains a check. I emailed Max and he responded personally as follows:

Thank you for contacting me regarding President Bush's decision to re-nominate the federal judicial nominees who were defeated or not voted on during the 107th Congress, specifically Miguel Estrada. It is good to hear from you on this very important issue.

Appointments to the federal bench are lifetime appointments. Therefore, like you, I feel that judicial nominees must demonstrate integrity and a commitment to broad principles of equality and individual rights before the law. I believe that senators have a duty under the advise and consent clause of the Constitution to determine whether a nominee is of the quality and character needed to properly be a federal judge. For this reason, it is important that all nominees to such positions are expeditiously reviewed and voted on after serious consideration.

As you know, on January 7, 2003, President Bush decided to re-nominate the 30 candidates for federal judgeships that were rejected or not voted on by the Senate last session. One of the more controversial nominees is Miguel Estrada, who received a nomination to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. I hesitate supporting Mr. Estrada because of his failure to discuss his views at his confirmation hearing last year. I cannot in good faith, exercising my duty under the Constitution, vote to confirm a man who refuses to answer any meaningful questions by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing. For this reason, I will vote no when his nomination comes to the Senate floor.

However, with that said, I do not want to see the confirmation of Presidential nominees become a partisan issue. Please rest assured that I will work hard to ensure that all nominees are reviewed fairly and voted on in a timely manner.

Thanks again for taking the time to get in touch. Please don't hesitate to let me know in the future if I can be of further assistance.

With best personal regards, I am

Senator Max Baucus

I emailed back and asked if I may then count on his vote to limit debate and bring the nomination to a floor vote. Wonder why he hasn't responded?

[syriacus]

Thanks very much for your encouragement.

Excerpt from the Miami Herald article you cited above says: Democrats should support Bush's Hispanic court nomine

President Bush nominated Miguel Estrada to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit nearly two years ago. Estrada may finally have his day before the full Senate. ...

... He is an ideal candidate for the court and a role model for all Americans. Yet, for purely partisan motives, many Democrats are smearing, rather than supporting, him. ...

At the urging of Estrada's home-state senator, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the previous Democrat-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee blocked Estrada's nomination for more than 630 days.

I was not aware Schumer is Estrada's home state Senator.

This gives me all the more reason to keep writing my letters to Senators, letting them know Schumer does not represent independent New Yorkers.

If I remember correctly, Schumer decided, after a year in the field, not to practice law, even though he has a law degree. He found out he did not like legal work as well as public service.

Sometimes I think Schumer would like to be on the Supreme Court himself and is jealous of Federal Judges.

• He often peers over his glasses like a stereotypical judge.
• He thinks he has the right to interrupt any speaker.
• He seems to think he should run the show.
• He loves to give pronouncements
• He acts as though he is the smartest person in the (court) room

[syriacus]

As we know, the liberals have been busily obstructing Republican actions since the day it was obvious the Republicans controlled the Senate.

The Democrats have proven they are a group of

Sore₂₀₀₂

LoserDems

[syriacus]

If a letter comes in without a Montana postmark, it is discarded unless it contains a check

Usually, I don't even get an answer from my Senators Clinton or Schumer. (sigh)

I think Schumer likes to pretend he doesn't hear from any constituents who disagree with him.

Sore₂₀₀₂

LoserDems

[votelife]

the second their is a Dem Pres, and a Dem Gov of New York, I think Schumer might start pushing for a judgeship...DON'T let that happen!

RUDY, run for SENATE!

[syriacus]

Item in Wall Street Journal suggests Estrada run v. Schumer. FR: Sen. Estrada (R., N.Y.)?

[syriacus]

I have finished preparing letters to

Daschle, Thomas - (D - SD)
509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Dayton, Mark - (D - MN)
346 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

DeWine, Mike - (R - OH)
140 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Dodd, Christopher - (D - CT) Class III
448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Dole, Elizabeth - (R - NC) Class II
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Domenici, Pete - (R - NM) Class II
328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND) Class III
713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Durbin, Richard - (D - IL) Class II
332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Need to buy stamps today.

[syriacus]

Sore_{Senate 2003}

LoserDems

[syriacus]

Simply writing "Support Miguel Estrada" on the outside of ANY envelope I mail, might help in a way, too.

But the Senators should know their Senate speeches are noticed by American voters. So the envelopes mentioning Schumer must still go out.
These are ready to go, too.

Edwards, John - (D - NC)
225 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Ensign, John - (R - NV)
364 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Enzi, Michael - (R - WY)
290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Feingold, Russell - (D - WI)
506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

[syriacus]

These are ready to go.

Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA)
331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Fitzgerald, Peter - (R - IL)
555 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Frist, Bill - (R - TN)
416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

[syriacus]

These are set to go.

Graham, Bob - (D - FL)
524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC)
UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON DC 20510

Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)
135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Gregg, Judd - (R - NH)
393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Hagel, Chuck - (R - NE)
248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

[syriacus]

Ready to go, except for the trip to the post office.

Harkin, Tom - (D - IA)
731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Hatch, Orrin - (R - UT)
104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Hollings, Ernest - (D - SC)
125 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX)
284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Inhofe, James - (R - OK)
453 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI)
722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Jeffords, James - (I - VT)
728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Johnson, Tim - (D - SD)
324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA)
317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510